Photo: User:Campaigner444 · CC BY-SA 3.0Ohio University-Southern Campus is 3.3 miles from Flatwoods
No college sits inside Flatwoods’ boundary, but Ohio University-Southern Campus’s campus in Ironton, with 1,202 students on campus, is 3.3 miles from the center of town, and Ashland Community and Technical College is 5.7 miles away in Ashland. About 4% of Flatwoods’ residents are enrolled in college, below Kentucky (6%).
From the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard, June 2026; IPEDS fall 2023 enrollment) and the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, 2020–24. Straight-line distances from the center of Flatwoods. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Flatwoods
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Flatwoods
Both are public. Every other college is more than 15 miles from Flatwoods.
Degree-granting colleges with 100 or more students on campus (fall 2023 enrollment, minus students who study only online). Admitted: share of applicants offered a place. Net price: the average a year after grants, for students on federal aid. Graduate: within 6 years (4-year colleges) or 3 (2-year). Earnings: median, 10 years after starting.
What would your family pay?
The average a year after grants, for families on federal aid, at the colleges within 15 miles and the nearest public four-year college. Pick your family’s income.
Starts at $48–75k, where Flatwoods’ median household income ($59,972) falls.
The average a year after grants and scholarships, for first-time, full-time students on federal aid, from the College Scorecard. Your own price depends on your aid package; every college has a net price calculator. For community colleges the net price counts housing and food at full cost, so tuition is shown beside it. “—”: not reported for that income.
Do students finish, and does it pay?
Each dot is a college: across is the share who graduate, up is what they earn ten years after starting.
Graduation: first-time, full-time students within 6 years (4-year colleges) or 3 years (2-year). Earnings: median, 10 years after starting, for students who got federal aid. *Reported for all the campuses that file together: Ohio University-Southern Campus (6).
Questions about college near Flatwoods
Is Flatwoods a college town?
No. About 4 of every 100 Flatwoods residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), below Kentucky (6). The nearest campus, Ohio University-Southern Campus, is 3.3 miles away in Ironton.
What colleges are near Flatwoods?
Within 15 miles: Ohio University-Southern Campus (3.3 miles, 1,202 students on campus) and Ashland Community and Technical College (5.7 miles, 1,681).
What is the closest community college to Flatwoods, and what does it cost?
Ashland Community and Technical College in Ashland, 5.7 miles away. Tuition and fees are $4,728 a year for Kentucky residents; the federal net price, $5,717, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does Morehead State University cost if we live in Kentucky?
Tuition and fees are $10,024 a year in-state and $14,980 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $7,150 (under $30,000 income) to $15,164 (over $110,000), housing and food included.
Neighbors talk college
Students, parents, alumni and the neighbors next door.
Colleges: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023 enrollment). “On campus” is fall enrollment minus students who study only online. Distances are straight-line from the center of Flatwoods. Residents in college, age, rent and poverty (including poverty without college students, table B14006): U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24. Colleges are described, not graded; the College town label marks towns where 15% or more of residents are enrolled. How TownRatings describes colleges →